Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert

“Be the weirdo who dares to enjoy.”

I SO LOVED this book! I could read it over and over and over. It was nothing new, nothing earth-shattering. No new information that hasn’t been told hundreds of times before, about how to live a creatively successful life. But, it was told in such a way that I understood it; it sunk in and I owned it.

Ms. Gilbert said words like Finished is better than good, and life hides jewels for us, we just have to find them. Hmm, I’m pretty sure she said those things much better, but you get the point - it’s a self-help book. A get out of your own way and just do what makes you creatively happy type of read. And it resonated.

Maybe it resonated because I was ready. Perhaps the words were arranged just so that my brain glommed onto them and said, “Hey, she’s speaking a language I understand.” Whatever it was, Big Magic was well worth the price I paid for the book.

I would recommend this to anyone who needs to get out of their own way.

Way to go, Ms. Gilbert!